News March 2015

The Ivory Coast’s football team made the headlines for its victory at the African Cup of Nations, but the country still faces problems. With elections to be held within months a display of unity as the one shown on the pitch would be badly needed. Probably when Boubacar Barry, the Ivory Coast’s goalkeeper, scored the…

Even if the epidemics is slowing down, it will have serious consequences on food security during this year, warn UN agencies. In fact, the number of victims could be greater than the figure for those who directly died from the disease. At last, some good news on the Ebola frontline : last January, in a…

More than four days of riots and demonstrations across the country have shown Kabila that the Congolese people are not prepared to tricks to keep in office after the expiration of his mandate in 2016. President Joseph Kabila is trying hard to remain in office after the expiration of his mandate in 2016. But one…

Inflation sky high, social budget cuts, investment dropping, unemployment growing. The consequences of the collapse in the price of oil could be “devastating” for Nigeria, Africa’s giant which will go to the polls on the 28 March. We talked with Sunny Ofehe, editor-in-chief of Inside Niger Delta. Nigeria depends on oil. What could the long…